Desires, the F-word, truth and other things not to water down

I love Men’s Health. In fact, it’s up on the list of my top 5 favorite magazines (and I read more than 40 different mags a month). I learn something from the stories, am intrigued by all the quick tidbits and facts and entertained by the questions readers submit.

The October issue was one of my favorites (I ripped out two recipes, a story on accidents and driving to send to my grandfather and a survey on health care). One of the better pieces in the bunch was “17 Things You Must Never Water Down.”

The list is great. So great, in fact, I wish we could do something like it here at the paper. Some of my favorites: her T-shirt, your other five senses, whiskey and effort.

Watering down is horrible. Its juvenile and ruins the conversation for those who don’t know the lingo.
This is why I can’t listen to regular radio. I like to hear swears and not the cute “get around the fcc” words that morning drive deejays use to say what they really mean.

Did you catch the slipup on SNL? They were watering down the “F” word in a skit and someone slipped and the actual “F” word came out. Didn’t see it – it was in the paper. So guess it does no good to water it down. Still comes out in the end!